Moto 360 First Look: An Android Wear Watch You Might Actually Wear

Nobody wants a shrunken smartphone stuck to their wrist, right? Of the three smartwatches in Google’s Android Wear debut, that’s what two of them—Samsung’s Gear Live and LG’s G Watch—look like. But the Moto 360 actually looks more like a watch.

With a stainless steel frame, edge-to-edge screen and leather band, the Moto 360 looks nicer and feels nicer. Sure, it’s big, and while Motorola says it was designed for both men and women, it certainly will fit on a larger wrist better. On my dainty wrist, it looked almost comically large, but I happen to like big-faced, chunky watches.

While my judgment is still out on the Google Android Wear platform, and how well it will perform, when it comes to style, the 360 is probably the first smartwatch hardware I’d consider wearing regularly. The Moto 360 in the video was running a software demo. We’ll have a deeper look at Android Wear, and those other two watches, soon.